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Several activists and lawyers spoke at an emotional news conference Thursday to continue raising questions about the lack of transparency in the case, a week after officials said Smith fired from his car as a task force led by the U.S. Marshals Service tried to arrest him on a warrant from Ramsey County on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a gun.
A woman in Winston Smith's car when a federal task force shot and killed him last week never saw Smith with a gun, her attorneys said Thursday — disputing authorities' claim that he shot first from the vehicle."She never saw a gun on Winston Smith, and she never saw a gun inside the vehicle at any time," said lawyer Racey Rodne.He made a brief statement on the unnamed passenger's behalf .